Indonesian police arrest six for ‘blasphemy’ over bar promotion ...Middle East

JAKARTA: Indonesian police arrested six people on charges of blasphemy over a bar chain's free alcohol promotion for patrons named Mohammed, officials said late on Friday, in a case that has sparked outrage in the Muslim-majority country.In a now-deleted social media post, the Holywings bar had offered a free bottle of gin for men named Mohammed and women named Maria -- a popular figure in the Bible -- every Thursday if they presented their ID cards.Alcohol is considered forbidden under Islamic law and while drinking is not prohibited for any religion in the secular country's bars, the act itself is frowned upon by conservative Muslims.The post caused fury online, and several youth organisat

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